diesel oil

[greglad]

whist at vanfest i'm going to buy some oil, but which do you recommend. i have a 1.6 td engine.

[peasant]

15w40 or 10w40, as long as it is to VW norm 50500 anything goes

[greglad]

cheers

[Red Westie]

Preferably one that is 'Primarily' designed for a diesel engine, as in, it says on the main front label for Turbo diesel engines. Not a petrol oil that says ALSO suitable for Diesel/Turbo Diesel. I'm being picky I know but you did ask.
Martin

[peasant]

VW 50500 is diesel specific

For all Volkswagen Group diesel engines VW requires that lubricants must meet VW505.00, 505.01, 506.00, 506.01, or 507.00 standards.

A number of brands of motor oils are now "VW Approved" to the above standards; there do exist, however, a few off brands not approved by VW that print the VW number on the label and hide in small type the word "recommended." Volkswagen AG only carries out in-house testing on motor oils to grant the necessary approvals; if Volkswagen, therefore, has not carried out such tests (or if a submitted oil has failed their tests), VW will not grant approval. Volkswagen Germany and Volkswagen of America freely publish up-to-date lists of currently approved oils on their respective websites, along with the technical resource, erWin[6]. Volkswagen does not permit any independent testing facility to grant their own standards.

European models with "LongLife Servicing", "Extended Service Intervals", "ESI", or "WIV", must be run on official VW LongLife lubricants, namely 506.00 (for non-PD), 506.01 (for PD), or the very latest 507.00. Volkswagen of America, however, warranties require frequent oil changes even if ESI hardware is installed. Finally, the very latest TDIs with Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) must ONLY use 507.00 oils.

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